Ganja & Hess 1972  R, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blood Couple
Double Possession
Director: Bill Gunn
Cast: Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon, Leonard Jackson, Candece Tarpley, John Hoffmeister, Richard Harrow, Mabel King
In this fascinating story that goes beyond the vampire aspect and looks into the culture of the Black community, Dr. Hess Green (Duane Jones) is stabbed by an ancient dagger and is infected with a vampire virus. Believing he is an African god, he deems that his wife (Mabel King) should also join him as a vampire.
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 Night of the Living Dead 1968  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Russell Streiner, Kyra Schon, Charles Craig, George Kosana, S. William Hinzman, Frank Doak, Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille, A.C. McDonald, Samuel R. Solito
This film has developed a cult following and is the story of hungry corpses coming back as zombies to kill and eat human beings. The story begins with Barbara (Judith O'Dea) and her brother Johnny (Russell Streiner) visiting a Pennsylvania cemetery and being attacked by the zombies. Johnny is killed, and Barbara takes refuge in a farmhouse where she joins six other people. In a futile attempt for survival, they try to keep their sanity while warding off the zombies. But, nothing appears to work, and radio news reports tell about devastation occurring in the eastern United States.
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To Die For 1989  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Romance
Director: Deran Sarafian
Cast: Brendan Hughes, Sydney Walsh, Amanda Wyss, Scott Jacoby, Steve Bond, Micah Grant, Ava Fabian, Philip Granger, Julie Maddalena, Remy O'Neill, Duane Jones, Al Fann, Lloyd Alan, Eloise DeJoria, Cate Caplin
A 500-year-old feud comes to a climax when Los Angeles real estate agent Kate Wooten (Sydney Walsh) falls in love with vampire Vlad (Brendan Hughes). Violence rises to the fore when Vlad's housemate Tom (Steve Bond)–another vampire who remembers that years ago Vlad killed Tom's true love–vies with Vlad for Kate's affections. There is a sequel.
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| 1. Ganja & Hess (1972)
aka: Blood Couple
aka: Double Possession
2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
3. To Die For (1989)
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